The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-12
Afternoon Session.


law concerning Road Supervisors and the
road tax, and to establish local Road
Boards and define their duties.
The House resolved itself into Commit
tee of the Whole, Noble Hitchcock in the
Chair.
Noble Baldwin moved that each member
be allowed to speak only three minutes.
Rep. Kinney amended the motion so as
to read without the permission of the
House"
Rep. Kalaukoa objected to such a rule.
A number of the haoles in the House had
evidently made up their minds to rush the
business through. He did not believe in
this choking business.
Noble Smith moved that the time be
limited to five minutes. Going into COM
mIttee meant free discussion.
Noble Baldwin, speaking for himself,
said he was always glad to hear the Ha
waiian members speak, but they should
keep to the point and not repeat them
selves so much, as was the case with one
speaker the previous day.
The five-minute motion prevailed.
Section was then read as recommended
by the majority and minority of the COM
mittee.
Rep. Paehaole moved to make the
Boards responsible. Lost.
Rep. KamuOha moved to amend SO that
the Road Supervisor be appointed by the
Minister of the Interior at a salary of 81
per day. Lost
Minister ThurstOn's motion carried.
The section as passed reads
Sec. 3. The Road Boards shall have the
entire charge and control of the public labor
on all roads, bridges and public highways
| within their respective districts, and shall
| expend such road taxes and moneys appro-
priated by the Legislature in making and
repairing such roads and bridges, at such
times and in such amounts as the respec-
| tive Boards, or a majority OF the members
thereof, may decide. The respective Boards
| shall be- and hereby are, authorized to en-
ploy such Oyerseers and clerical and other
| assistance as may be necessary.
The other sections passed during the
| afternoon are as follows:
Sec 4. The Chairman of each of said
Road Boards shall, before entering upon
the duties of his office, file in the Interior
| Office bond with sufficient sureties to the
| Minister of the Interior in penal sum to
be fixed by the Minister of Interior, cOndi-
toned tor a faithful disposition of, and &C
counting for, the road moneys which may
be paid to him or his order.
! Sec. 5. The respective Road Boards shall
meet at such times and places as to ma
! jOrity thereof may seem proper; but they
shall meet at least once in the first month
of each quarter at the Court H ouse of each
,fVicA NtI, IiO
tice of which shall be made public, for the
purpose of deciding upon the locality and
method of labor and amounts of money to
be expended. Such meetings shall be pub
lie, and any taxpayer resident in the dis
! trict may offer suggestions concerning work
! to be done.
! Sec g. full record shall be kept by the
respective Road Boards of all business
! transacted at any meeting and of the work
! done in the district. Full accounts shall
also be kept of all moneys received, show
! ing the source from whence derived, and of
all moneys paid out, showing the locality
for which expended, whether for labor or
material, and the persons to whom paid.
| Such records and accounts shall be open to
the inspection of any taxpayer resident in
the district at the quarterly or other meet
ings of said Board
Sec 7. The Minister of the Interior may
at any time remove any member of such
Road Boards for failure or neglect to prop
erly perform the duties of his office, pub
fishing the reasons for such removal, if
requested to do so by the person so re-
| moved Upon the petition of twenty-five
or more taxpayers of any district making
charges against any member of any Road
| Board, and asking for his removal the said
Minister shall cause said charges to be in
vestigated; and if, upon investigation, it
shall appear that such member of such
Road Board shall have failed or neglected
to properly perform the duties of a member
of the Road Board, the Minister of the In
terror shall remove him. All vacancies
shall be filled by appointments of the Min
lister of the Interior.
Sec 8. All road taxes shall be paid into
the Public Treasury, and the amount SO
paid in from each district shall be special
deposit in the Treasury to the credit of such
district, to be paid out only upon the order
of the Chairman of the Road Board of such
district. The Minister of Finance shall
under no circumstances, allow such special
deposits, or any part thereof, to be used for
any other purpose than to pay the drafts
which may be drawn thereon by the Chair
men of the respective Road Boards.
The committee here rose and the Chair
man reported progress and asked leave to
sit again.
The report of the committee was adopted
President Wilder named the following
committee to investigate the opium license:
Hons. w. A. Kinney, A P. Paehaole and
the Acknowledgement
At5:10 clock p. m. the House adjourned
to 10 O'Clock Saturday morning.
Legislative Chit-chat.